Sprinkler and support therefor.



No. 769,278. I PATENTED smma, 1904.

L. 81300111). SPRINKLER AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

V 4 61mm;

Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT, OFFICE.

LEWIS SEOORD, OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO.

SPRINKLER AND SUPPORT THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,278, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed April 20, 1904:.

zen of the United States, residing at Fort Oollins, in the county of Larimer and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvernents in Sprinklers and Supports Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to sprinklers, more particularly lawn-sprinklers and supports therefor; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous sprinkler and sprinkler-support hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating my novel sprinkler and sprinkler-support as the same. appear when in use on a lawn or similar place, and Fig. 2 1s a vertical transverse section taken through the support and the sprinkler thereon. Similar letters designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings, referring to which Ais the sprinkler-support, and B the sprinkler. The support, which may be of wood, metal, or other suitable material, is flat, is provided at one end with a slightly-upturned portion a, having an eye 6, and is also provided, preferably at its center, with a pedestal 0, having an angular aperture cl in its upper side and a recess 0 in its under side and in communication with the said aperture cl. The eye 6 is for the connection of a rope or the'like, through the medium of which the support may be readily pulled over a lawn to the point desired, the upturned portion a serving incident to such movement to prevent the support from digging into the lawn.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the sprinkler B comprises a hollow body f, open at its upper end, as indicated by f, and having a lateral arm g for the connection of a hose or the like and a lower end h of angular form in crosssection disposed in the aperture d of the support and terminating in a-reduced and threaded portion z', a central vertical rod fixed in and-extending upwardly'from' the. body and, threaded at its upper end, a cylindrical button 70, having a lower end Z, which is preferably beveled, as shown, and a vertical aper- Serial No. 204,058. (No model.)

ture m in said end snugly receiving the rod 7', a coiled spring 17,,surrounding the rod 7' and bearing at its lower end'in the upper portion of the button and on an interior shoulmounted on the button 7 and having an aperture r in its upper end snugly receiving the rod 7', and a retaining-nut 8, arranged on top of the upper end of the hood and engaging the upper end of the rod 1'. 60

In virtue of the construction of the sprinkler, as above described, it will be observed that when a head of water is let into the lat: eral arm g of the body f the button is will be raised against the action of the spring a, and the water will escape between the adjacent ends of the body and button and be thrown horizontally'or approximately horizontally and in the form of a spray over a wide area of lawn. It will also be observed that the fineness of the spray may be readily increased and diminished by increasing and diminishing the pressure whichthe spring exerts on the button through the medium of the nut s and the hood q, the nut and hood being moved downwardly to increase the pressure and upwardly to diminish the same. Incident to the passage of water through the sprinkler the hood serves to prevent the es cape of water in 'an upward direction.

As before stated, the lower angular portion of the sprinkler-body is arranged in the angular aperture of the sprinkler-support, and it is secured in such position through the medium of a nut a, mounted on its-lower threaded end. The said nut a rests in the recess in the under side of the support and abovesaid under side, and hence does not interfere in any degree with the support being moved over a lawn or other surface.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that notwithstanding the efliciency of my novel sprinkler and sprinkler-support the same are simple and inexpensive in construction and are well adapted to withstand the usage to which such devices are ordinarily subjected. s

I have entered into a detailed description 7 of the present and preferred embodiment of 1 my invention in order to impart a definite der thereof, a vertically-movable hood (1, 55-

understanding of said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement of parts as shown and described, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall Within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The herein-described device consisting of a flat support turned upwardly at one end and having a pedestal 0' and also having an angular aperture d in the upper side Of the pedestal and a recess 6 in the under side thereof, a sprinkler-body open at its upper end and having a lateral inlet and also having an angular lower portion seated in the aperture d of the support and terminating in a threaded end, a nut arranged on said threaded end and in the 20 recess 6, a rod fixed in the sprinkler-body and extending beyond the upper end thereof, a cylindrical button movable on said rod and normally closing the upper, open end of the body, a hood secured on the rod and loosely 5 receiving the upper portion of the cylindrical button, and a spring surrounding the rod and interposed between the button and the hood.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 3 ne'sses.

LEWIS SECORD.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN All; KIssooK, W.- H. MULLIN. 

